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Pic of the Day: “Our first game is called Well Begun is Half-Done.” “I don’t like the sound of that.” “Otherwise titled Let’s Tidy up the Nursery.” “I told you she was tricky.”

Mary Poppins - 52


Fun with Franchises: The Matrix (1999), Part V — “I’m Not One of Those Weirdos Who Knows About Leather”

We continue with another entry in our Fun with Franchises series. This week’s film is The Matrix.

Fun with Franchises is a series born out of my friend Colin and I realizing how much fun it was for the two of us to watch the same movie separately and then share our reactions. We started by watching all of the James Bond movies, for the purposes of ranking them for the blog. I brought him in because he was much more of a Bond expert than I was at the time, and I felt his perspective would liven things up. He would be the color commentator to my play-by-play man.

We soon discovered that, by watching the movies separately and then putting everything we said together in the same place, hilarity ensued. We each brought in our own observations, not knowing what the other would say, and then reacted to what the other said. And we loved every minute of it.

We had so much fun, we figured we had to do it again. So we graduated from a single franchise, to all franchises. If you’re gonna have fun with franchises, it wouldn’t be right if you didn’t franchise it. Season 1 included the Harry Potter movies, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Twilight (which neither of us had seen before we watched them for the articles) and Pirates of the Caribbean. All of those articles can be read on the Fun with Franchises page.

Also, just so we’re clear, this is all for parody. We’re just messing with them because we love them. (Well… Twilight…) We’re watching movies we enjoy and are simply having some fun with them.

Right now, we’re doing the Matrix franchise, and today is the fifth part of The Matrix.

The Matrix - Title Card (more…)


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Pic of the Day: “How may a mortal man face and defeat the Kraken?” “The Kraken is invulnerable. 100 men could not fight him.” “An army could not kill him.” “Nothing is invulnerable. There must be a way.”

Clash of the Titans - 196


Fun with Franchises: The Matrix (1999), Part IV — “Sniffing Bitches and Taunting Unconscious People”

We continue with another entry in our Fun with Franchises series. This week’s film is The Matrix.

Fun with Franchises is a series born out of my friend Colin and I realizing how much fun it was for the two of us to watch the same movie separately and then share our reactions. We started by watching all of the James Bond movies, for the purposes of ranking them for the blog. I brought him in because he was much more of a Bond expert than I was at the time, and I felt his perspective would liven things up. He would be the color commentator to my play-by-play man.

We soon discovered that, by watching the movies separately and then putting everything we said together in the same place, hilarity ensued. We each brought in our own observations, not knowing what the other would say, and then reacted to what the other said. And we loved every minute of it.

We had so much fun, we figured we had to do it again. So we graduated from a single franchise, to all franchises. If you’re gonna have fun with franchises, it wouldn’t be right if you didn’t franchise it. Season 1 included the Harry Potter movies, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Twilight (which neither of us had seen before we watched them for the articles) and Pirates of the Caribbean. All of those articles can be read on the Fun with Franchises page.

Also, just so we’re clear, this is all for parody. We’re just messing with them because we love them. (Well… Twilight…) We’re watching movies we enjoy and are simply having some fun with them.

Right now, we’re doing the Matrix franchise, and today is the fourth part of The Matrix.

The Matrix - Title Card (more…)


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Pic of the Day: “What is it?” “It’s a horse they found wandering about in No Man’s Land.” “What kind of a horse?” “A miraculous kind of a horse, be my guess.”

War Horse - 21


Fun with Franchises: The Matrix (1999), Part III — “What Is This Fuck Doing?”

We continue with another entry in our Fun with Franchises series. This week’s film is The Matrix.

Fun with Franchises is a series born out of my friend Colin and I realizing how much fun it was for the two of us to watch the same movie separately and then share our reactions. We started by watching all of the James Bond movies, for the purposes of ranking them for the blog. I brought him in because he was much more of a Bond expert than I was at the time, and I felt his perspective would liven things up. He would be the color commentator to my play-by-play man.

We soon discovered that, by watching the movies separately and then putting everything we said together in the same place, hilarity ensued. We each brought in our own observations, not knowing what the other would say, and then reacted to what the other said. And we loved every minute of it.

We had so much fun, we figured we had to do it again. So we graduated from a single franchise, to all franchises. If you’re gonna have fun with franchises, it wouldn’t be right if you didn’t franchise it. Season 1 included the Harry Potter movies, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Twilight (which neither of us had seen before we watched them for the articles) and Pirates of the Caribbean. All of those articles can be read on the Fun with Franchises page.

Also, just so we’re clear, this is all for parody. We’re just messing with them because we love them. (Well… Twilight…) We’re watching movies we enjoy and are simply having some fun with them.

Right now, we’re doing the Matrix franchise, and today is the third part of The Matrix.

The Matrix - Title Card (more…)


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Pic of the Day: “You know Steve, you’re not very hard to figure, only at times. Sometimes I know exactly what you’re going to say. Most of the time. The other times… the other times, you’re just a stinker.”

To Have and Have Not - 10


Fun with Franchises: The Matrix (1999), Part II — “I Hate That He’s Jesus”

We continue with another entry in our Fun with Franchises series. This week’s film is The Matrix. And we’re up to Part II.

Fun with Franchises is a series born out of my friend Colin and I realizing how much fun it was for the two of us to watch the same movie separately and then share our reactions. We started by watching all of the James Bond movies, for the purposes of ranking them for the blog. I brought him in because he was much more of a Bond expert than I was at the time, and I felt his perspective would liven things up. He would be the color commentator to my play-by-play man.

We soon discovered that, by watching the movies separately and then putting everything we said together in the same place, hilarity ensued. We each brought in our own observations, not knowing what the other would say, and then reacted to what the other said. And we loved every minute of it.

We had so much fun, we figured we had to do it again. So we graduated from a single franchise, to all franchises. If you’re gonna have fun with franchises, it wouldn’t be right if you didn’t franchise it. Season 1 included the Harry Potter movies, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Twilight (which neither of us had seen before we watched them for the articles) and Pirates of the Caribbean. All of those articles can be read on the Fun with Franchises page.

Also, just so we’re clear, this is all for parody. We’re just messing with them because we love them. (Well… Twilight…) We’re watching movies we enjoy and are simply having some fun with them.

Right now, we’re doing the Matrix franchise, and today is the second part of The Matrix.

The Matrix - Title Card (more…)


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Pic of the Day: “Together again, huh?” “Wouldn’t miss it.” “How we doin’?” “Same as always.” “That bad, huh?”

Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi - 70


Fun with Franchises: The Matrix (1999), Part I — “$2,000 Whiter Than Usual”

It’s good to be back. Welcome to the second season of Fun with Franchises. We take long breaks because we bring the quality. We’re welcoming it back with a franchise that’s sure to lead to some interesting discussions between the two of us — The Matrix.

The way Fun with Franchise works is: my friend Colin and I, we realized it was insanely fun for the two of us to watch the same movie separately, and then write jokes about it. The fun being that we each bring in our own observations, and then play off of each other, and somehow, despite watching these movies completely separately, always manage to say the exact same things at the exact same times. It’s basically what you do with your friends when you watch movies together, except we’re doing it completely independently, and then combining notes. Trust me, it’s way more fun than it sounds when I explain it. Also, just so we’re clear, this is all for parody. We’re just messing with them because we love them. (Well… Twilight…)

Originally, we started with the Bond movies, and that was so much fun it graduated from a one-off to a series. Last time we did this, we did the Harry Potter franchise, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Twilight (which neither of us had ever seen before we watched them for the articles), and Pirates of the Caribbean. You can read all those articles here. They were so much fun for us, we decided to continue. If you’re gonna have fun with franchises, it wouldn’t be right if you didn’t franchise it.

So that’s essentially Fun with Franchises. Right now, we’re doing the Matrix franchise, and today is the first part of The Matrix.

The Matrix - Title Card (more…)


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Pic of the Day (100th Anniversary Edition)

The Birth of a Nation - 22


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Pic of the Day: “It’s a bold one you are! Who gave you leave to be kissin’ me?” “So you can talk!” “Yes I can, I will and I do! And it’s more than talk you’ll be gettin’ if you step a step closer to me!” “Don’t worry… you’ve got a wallop!” “You’ll get over it, I’m thinkin’.”

The Quiet Man - 21


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Pic of the Day: “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.”

12 Years a Slave - 89


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Pic of the Day: “You can fool all of the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time!”

The Fortune Cookie - 1


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Pic of the Day: “You could get lonesome being that free.” “You could get lonesome being that busy.” “Now who’d think to look at us that we got the same problem!”

Funny Girl - 69


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Pic of the Day: “Folks say you’re no good, ‘ceptin’ for fighting and hell-raising.”

Sergeant York - 36


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Pic of the Day: “I do want to thank you for offering such a powerful piece of manpower as Virgil Tibbs.”

In the Heat of the Night - 40


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Pic of the Day: “You look so beautiful tonight.” “Do I, Robert?” “Only your dress, I suppose. Very deceiving.” “Yes, Robert.” “And the star in your hair.” “And the star in my hair.” “And the fact that I love you so very, very much.”

Cavalcade - 1


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Pic of the Day: “I don’t have no mama. No family either.” “Hey, I’m your family.” “You know what, when we started out, I thought we was really goin’ somewhere. This is it. We’re just goin’, huh?” “I love you.”

Bonnie and Clyde - 94


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Pic of the Day: “Well, I guess you can’t break out of prison and into society in the same week.”

Stagecoach - 13


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Pic of the Day: “Don’t you want to get me one?” “Well, I’ve never seen you take a drink before.” “Honey, there are a lot of things you’ve never seen me do before. That’s no sign I don’t do ’em.”

The Three Faces of Eve - 25


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Pic of the Day: “You are such a good boy. You sleep now. Dream sweet dreams. Maybe we are both dreaming. Maybe this is all a dream, and in the morning, Mommy will wake us up with milk and cookies. Then, after we eat, I will make love to her two or three times. If I can.”

Life Is Beautiful - 15


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Pic of the Day: “That’s… quite a dress you almost have on.” “Thanks.” “What holds it up?” “Modesty.”

An American in Paris - 117


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Pic of the Day: “Can’t we have peace in this house even on New Year’s Eve?” “You got it mixed up with Christmas. New Year’s Eve is when people go back to killing each other.”

A Letter to Three Wives - 8